Driving mechanism for washing-machine wringers.



G. (I. wwmcx.

DRIVING IVIECHANISIVI FOR WASHING MACHINE WRINGERS,

APPLICATIGN FILED MAY B, i916.

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@L i. f' Specification of Letters Paent. lllgg unige@ Fili/ly 'j@riginal application filed January 23s. lf, Serial No. 'll. Fatemi No.Lllil. dalen lune L Divided and this applcascn le May il, 1916. Sera]No. 235,

't known that I, Giani-tun ll. lvlymcn., uv i of the United Sintesresiding it Cl1i- Hago, `in the county of @ook and Stalin uf lllnois,have invented :i Cerlnln new :md useful lninfm'einent in DrivingBiieclnmism im: lllzisliing-ll/lachine Vilringers, of which 7 'meifeilnwing is n, full, clear, concise, and eX- ;w; deseripuon, referencebeing had en Elle zieceingmnying drawings, forminga part of irisSpecification,

M; invention relates te driving inecliwnifnn .iniwfasliing nmcliinewringeyfs and has for iis object the provision el meclmnisn'i whereby :1wringer narried, by' the .fz-ninewnrl: of e, wnsliinn' nmnliine may,when leaired, be ennneeted in driven relation with ai snm-ce of power,for instance nn electric niotur, which also :serves to drivefthe poweroperated paris olf the washing' nmcliine ineclizminm. The enbject mutterhereinafter described. and claimed is set nrtli in my pat-ent Nn.l,l8(,025, grnnied June 5, 1916, und of which my present npplienlinn isdivisional in in v cepending application. just referred to l haveelected tu claim various features @i the washing machine sructurewhereas in 'che claims appended le the speriiicnfien l have elected toclaim the wringer driving'l mechanism.

inthe accenni)nnyingla dinwings illustrating my invntienf Fi Y ure l isa view partly in. eemion and partly in section, illustrating n washix'lgin@- chine provided with, the improvements which constitute my inventionhereinafter claimed.

Finn 2 is n. fragment: y side view partly in se ion and partly inelevatin.

is a. lierzontnl Sectional View taken en the line -3 of Fig. l andlooking in the direeiion. indicated by the arrows; and

lli?. 4 is an' isolated detail View of the manually controlled devicesfor connecting lie driven roller or". the wringer with 'the source ofpower.

`Similar characters of reference refer to Sinrilfif parts throughout theseveral Views.

Referring first *5G 1 and 2, l0 represenlzs lz'lie img ing inahine and@En. so -ar as'my invenion 'al hereinafter elinied'-is emmerned thedetailsn lie Mnl; il. and its'eQnt-ents ere not material.. l will ieironframework 0l a wzish-- .ll thetank er tub i-hereef.

any, lmwevez. dini llie washing slrnlxlv i5 ai? ls-.e L vpn fully decn-pemling :ipplicnion :iler i the washing nmcliine tu? ,il y :inopenwnrk drum er fabric wnafiner, (not: slmwn in lie nnffnn'igunvingdrawing). the operulinn of lelie machine n culmine, ol washing snlnlinnis zigziins :and lmmgh lie lruin by ler indicated. in the vree/ent drawnl., referente clim-infini' 'ilie innpeller ninuneil upon il per @nfl el:i verl-in; slm'lt eienflinqe; iron l n carried bv the lml'gnnii of liechine tank nr tml) ll.

Sninbly slippoi'eil by' is am electr-ir motor lii,

the lramingajsi AS is; moet f in lfif 3 lie n'mlnr :simili 'l n.limlsing l? und if; prnvnvY 18 meshing' "willi u worin wl vl f'ieinilupon :i Shaft :2G which exeenzin frm housing; i7 through :an inclnriinn*mln another housing;r 22 vallei vided with n lwvelivnrnhousings may be'formed the ether, or ollieiwvise. as; i ing willi the bevel geur 23.:is nmn clearly' illustrated in Fig. l, is :i bevel gez inouneliupenn-lie lower nml of n shaft 25. The lower end of Jalie Slnii; arelatively lense bearingin 'lijn to perini 'the upper end (if lle besliilfed :1S hereinafter eA plziinefi, lower bearing, linwevmf,` servingto bevel 23 an@ in ineen nl l The shalt 25 e Unwin-liv housing llnion z`innere@ in' lionsiiig 26 and liirnunli. elin'igg'fiie: 27-27 in. "leliwn pninllel lower wel geel' housing; Q18 supporn 'liv inn work' of :i.vringer i2, wiifh in lr.' mminimi upon lle washing.; nnuzlirm asilliiisrneil. fis is moet iflUirl'v illns-mlifx( in l'ig. the slini'l:olf lie lnwernwe; miler .uw exendr ino lille housing 28 nml prnvided'with bevel genre l :n 3W

upon the simili; nf Clie Winger i bevel gear Bl 'l upon; 'me UWM 'w lieelm-llt Tliejnevnl Veni 3l. new'. 1n a peslion 'whereby n; out nl" e memmll bolli of the 30 mie.

' block 33 is a channel 34- and mounted in the housing 28 is a shaft 35provided at each end thereof with a handle 36. It will be noted that theshaft 35 is conformed to have an eccentric middle portion y35 of reducedcross section which passes through the channel 34 of the block 3". Thusby oscillating the shaft 35 the bevel gear 31 may be moved from itsneutral position into engagement with either the bevel gea-r 30 or thebevel gear 30 and vice versa, to drive the wringer in either directiondesired.

I may as well at this point state that a suitable clutch is desirablyinterposed between the fan or propeller l2 and the shaft of the motor. Ihave not. illustrated such clutch mechanism in the drawings, but it willsnliice to say that the clutch mechanism is actuated and controlled byan operating rod 37 most clearly illustrated in Fig. 53.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the wringer isdriven from the same electric motor that is utilized to drive the powerdriven element of the washing machine and that the wringer is thusdriven through simple and inexpensive mechanism readily controlled b vthe operator.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe UnitedStates is:

l. A forward and reverse driving gearing of the class describedcomprising a driven vshaft having a pair of spaced bevel gears 4i)4thereon, adriving shaft loosely journaled at one end and at its otherend provided witha bevel gear arranged to engage either of said spaced.bevel gears, or to lie in a neutral position between them, a. blockjournaling that end of the driving shaft adjacent said spaced bevelgears, a housing affording a chamber in which said block mayreciprocate, a channel in said. block, a shaft jonrnaled in said housinghaving a reduced eccentric porti :i lying in said channel and a handlefor rotating said last mentioned shaft whereby to reciprocate said blockand nalaat/s shift the driving shaft gear into and ont of mesh with itscoperating spaced bevel` gears.

2. A forward and reverse driving mechanisin of the class describedcomprising two shafts with parallel. axes, one of which is to. be drivenfrom the other, a connecting shaft disposed at right angles to the othertwo shafts and extending between them, a gear upon one of said parallel.shafts, a pinion on said connecting shaft meshing with said gear, aloose bearing for said connecting shaft adjacent said pinion, a pair ofspaced bevel gears on the other of said parallel shafts, a pinion on theconnecting shaft adjacent said spaced bevel gears adapted to mesh witheilhel of the lalter or to lic in a neutral position between them, ashiftable block in which that end of the connect ing shaft adjacent saidspaced bevel gears is jonrnaled, a casing affording a chamber in whichsaid block maj' reciprocate, a channel in said block, a shaft jenrnalcdin said casing, said shaft havingY a reduced eccentric portion disposedin said channel and a handle for rotating said shaft to move the ad*jacent connecting shaft gear into and ont of mesh with its coiipc'ratingspaced bevel gears.

8. .A forward and ievtcrse driving gearing of the class describedcomprising a drivcn shaft, a pair of spaced bevel gears on the drivenshaft, a driving shaft disposed. at an angle to the driven shaft, abevel gear on the driving shaft adapted to mesh with either of saidspaced bevel gears or to lie in a neutral position between them` a bloclin which that end of the driving shaft adjacent said bevel gears isjonrnaled. av housing affording a chamber in which said block mayreciprocate, a manually operated device for shifting said block withinsaid chamber and a comparatively loose bearing for the other end of saiddriving shaft.

ln witness whereof, l hereunto subscribe my name this 29th dat7 ofMarch.y A. D. 1916.

GEORGE lll. lllYlRl'Clx.

Witnesses:

A. G. MCC'ALEB,

H. A. Nnnnnnsnn.

